Masse v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We think it equally clear on this record that the evidence is sufficient to sustain the conviction of Masse. The evidence of defendant’s unlawful cohabitation with the girl in Illinois, their similar intimacy at Lake City, coupled with the evidence of their adultery at Panama City, adequately supports the conclusion that from the beginning at least one of the purposes was illicit intercourse. The White Slave Traffic Act does not require that the interstate transportation need be solely for immoral purposes, if such purpose constitutes one of the reasons for the transportation. Dunn v. United States, 10 Cir., 190 F.2d 496 ; Daigle v. United States, 1 Cir., 181 F.2d 311 ; Mellor v. United States, 8 Cir., 160 F.2d 757 .” (Emphasis added) 210 F. 2d at 421 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Forrest v. United States

2. “"A conviction cannot be had on the extrajudicial confession of the defendant, unless corroborated by proof aliunde of the corpus delicti. Full, direct, and positive evidence, however, of the corpus delicti is not indispensable. A confession will be sufficient if there be such extrinsic corroborative circumstances, as will, when taken in connection with the confession, establish the prisoner's guilt in the minds of the jury beyond a reasonable doubt."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Shook